Koninklijke KPN (OTCMKTS:KKPNF) Hits New 12-Month High – Should You Buy?

Koninklijke KPN NV (OTCMKTS:KKPNF) shares reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $5.4040 and last traded at $5.23, with a volume of 19639 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $5.04.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Zacks Research raised shares of Koninklijke KPN from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy”.

Koninklijke KPN Stock Performance

The company has a current ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.79 and a beta of 0.28. The company has a 50-day moving average of $4.63 and a 200-day moving average of $4.67.

Koninklijke KPN (OTCMKTS:KKPNF) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 28th. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by ($0.01). Koninklijke KPN had a return on equity of 24.84% and a net margin of 14.72%.The business had revenue of $1.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.70 billion. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Koninklijke KPN NV will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Koninklijke KPN

Koninklijke KPN N.V. (Royal KPN) is a Dutch telecommunications and ICT services company headquartered in The Hague. The group traces its origins to the Dutch national postal and telecommunications service and evolved into a privatized commercial operator. KPN is primarily listed on Euronext Amsterdam and its American depositary receipts trade over the counter under the symbol KKPNF.

KPN’s core activities cover a full range of telecommunications and digital infrastructure services. For consumer markets it offers fixed-line and mobile voice services, broadband internet, television and bundled connectivity packages.